How To Install atomicparsley on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install atomicparsley on Ubuntu 22.04. atomicparsley is read, parse and set metadata of MPEG-4 and 3gp files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install atomicparsley on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is atomicparsley

atomicparsley is:

AtomicParsley is a lightweight command line program for reading, parsing and setting metadata into MPEG-4 files supporting these styles of metadata:

  • iTunes-style metadata into .mp4, .m4a, .m4p, .m4v, .m4b files
  • 3gp-style assets (3GPP TS 26.444 version 6.4.0 Release 6 specification conforming) in 3GPP, 3GPP2, MobileMP4 & derivatives
  • ISO copyright notices at movie & track level for MPEG-4 & derivative files
  • uuid private user extension text & file embedding for MPEG-4 & derivative files

There are three methods to install atomicparsley on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install atomicparsley Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install atomicparsley using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install atomicparsley

Install atomicparsley Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install atomicparsley using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install atomicparsley

Install atomicparsley Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install atomicparsley using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install atomicparsley

How To Uninstall atomicparsley on Ubuntu 22.04

To uninstall only the atomicparsley package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove atomicparsley

Uninstall atomicparsley And Its Dependencies

To uninstall atomicparsley and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove atomicparsley

Remove atomicparsley Configurations and Data

To remove atomicparsley configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge atomicparsley

Remove atomicparsley configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove atomicparsley configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge atomicparsley

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install atomicparsley package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.